Nanomorphology and charge generation in bulk heterojunctions based on low-bandgap dithiophene polymers with different bridging atoms

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1180-1188

  Morana, Mauro ^a   Azimi, Hamed ^a,d   Dennler, Gilles ^b   Egelhaaf, Hans Joachim ^c   Scharber, Markus ^a   Forberich, Karen ^b   Hauch, Jens ^c   Gaudiana, Russell ^b   Waller, David ^b   Zhu, Zenghuo ^b   Hingerl, Kurt ^d   Van Bavel, Svetlana S ^e   Loos, Joachim ^e   Brabec, Christoph J ^f  

^a Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^b KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^c Konarka Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCED CHARGE TRANSPORT; BAND GAPS; BLENDED FILMS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; C70-PCBM; CHARGE GENERATION; CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX; DONOR-ACCEPTOR COPOLYMERS; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; FULLERENE CONTENT; FULLERENE FILMS; INTERPENETRATING NETWORKS; LOW BANDGAP; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NANOMORPHOLOGIES; OCTANEDITHIOL; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOGENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRISTINE FILMS; TEM; XRD;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

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EID: 77950292422     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200900931     Document Type: Article

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